SFChronicle.com
December 10, 2020
“Unfortunately yet again, Tahoe is closed,” said Chris Fiore, communications manager for the city of South Lake Tahoe. “If we can get things under control in the next three weeks, we can reopen just in time for New Year’s.”
The lockdown order kicked in after space in intensive care units at hospitals in the region fell below the state’s 15% threshold. The area the state is calling the “Greater Sacramento” region will join two other regions to the south — San Joaquin Valley and Southern California — already under stay-at-home orders, creating one massive, contiguous swath of California in lockdown that stretches from the southern border up to the Bay Area and covers a large portion of the Sierra Nevada.
Outdoor dining must shut down, retail establishments can only operate at 20% capacity and non-essential travel in and out is off-limits.